Resource exhaustion in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2024-10468
Potential race conditions in IndexedDB could have caused memory corruption, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 132 and Thunderbird < 132.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
EPSS: 0.004 (32.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@mozilla.org (Permissions Required, Issue Tracking)
- security@mozilla.org (Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-10468?
- CVE-2024-10468 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-10-29.
- How severe is CVE-2024-10468?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.